antijoke en · NOUN
Etymology
From anti- + joke.
Meanings
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A sentence or story that subverts the expectation of a joke, often by being deliberately unfunny or surreal.
Thank Christ for Carlton. My secret. My lifeline. The inventor of the antijoke. I kid you not. He postulated a category of things that don't make you laugh which he called the antijoke.
1999, Eric Idle, The Road to Mars, Knopf Doubleday, →ISBN, page 31:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| anti-joke | alternative | lexicographic | |
| antijokes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (2)
pl antyżart (sentence or story) · de Antiwitz (sentence or story)